What is a key goal of fair trade in agriculture?

• A. To maximize profits for exporters
• B. To provide seed subsidies to large agribusiness
• C. To ensure fair prices, safe working conditions, and sustainable practices for producers
• D. To mandate all farming to be water-intensive

Answer: (C)

Fair trade in agriculture aims to improve farmers’ and workers’ livelihoods by ensuring fair prices, safe working conditions, and sustainable farming practices. This approach seeks to create more equitable trading relationships, often including a premium for community development and environmental standards. That is why the option describing fair prices, safe working conditions, and sustainable practices best captures the goal.

The other ideas don’t fit fair trade principles: prioritizing profits for exporters, providing seed subsidies to large agribusiness, or mandating all farming to be water-intensive would not support fair prices, worker safety, or sustainability for producers.